Tag: Food & Wine

NAZAARAY ESTATE: a little bit of India amid very fine wine

By Cameron McCullough   Photos Ebony Elise Down an unassuming road in Flinders is a simply signed entrance to one of the peninsula’s most unique and awarded wineries; Nazaaray Estate. It is…

Getting into the beer, cider and spirits of things

By Cameron McCullough The Mornington Peninsula region is synonymous with fine wines. They are world-class, and visitors have flocked to the winery cellar doors for years to sample the wares. But brewing…

A fine balance of Japan

By Melissa Walsh   Photo Gary Sissons Hikaru Orita has one philosophy – success is ensured when you follow your passion. For Hikaru, chef and owner of Orita’s2 Balnarring, that passion has always…

Pt Leo Estate announces A-list restaurant team

Pt Leo Estate, the multimillion-dollar sculpture park and restaurant due to open in late October, is already set to blow the Peninsula culinary culture out of the water, having announced their A-list…

Grinding to perfection

By Melissa Walsh  Photos Gary Sissons Coffee is big business these days and it’s a lot more complicated than just pouring an Aussie favorite white with two, courtesy of your jar of…

George Calombaris

Calombaris brings Mastic to Red Hill

He’s been on the peninsula for years with his family holiday home. He uses only the best mushrooms from Benton Rise Farm in his restaurants and he is one in the trio…

Cooking all in the family

By Melissa Walsh   Photo Yanni Being brought up by a single father, Jed Dickson and his two older brothers got a lot of experience in the kitchen where everybody would pitch…

In Winter we drink wine

Every Queens’s birthday long weekend in June since 1981, locals and visitors have flocked to the peninsula for the Winter Wine Weekend. Organised by the Mornington Peninsula Vignerons Association, the event offers an…

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